"You'll spoil the horse!" When I heard this accusation once, I've heard it a thousand times. But their horses for the finger grip, while Luke waits patiently and motionless for his carrot chips an inch from the muzzle, and gently balls offered treats from the hands of small children. As with any lesson, patience and care is instilled while promoting positive and productive organizations.
Rewards are a book in themselves. As space is limited in an article, I just want to be sure that you are clear a few things before we go. For Luke, I use carrot chips and a bit older integrity, but it is important to have something that your horse will be happy to find, and with some animals I do not use any food at all. Now be careful, this is where most coaches stuck - they continue to reward the behavior for the same initial, minimal effort, which is actually un-trained. The animal expects and receives a steady handle, regardless of the effort, and then works less and less.
Think of your children give a fixed payment for specific tasks to do, but not checking on them or their monitoring in any way, soon they will be out skateboarding, rather than make their money.
Say every second or every fifth acceptable answer - First treats are on a stable, consistent basis in order to strengthen the associations and then increases as understanding be given the treats to a intermittent routine on. Gradually and finally we are moving in a random pay off - the unpredictability keeps the animal and try to guess. Sometimes I'm also a jack-pot - a pleasure - show my appreciation for an outstanding performance.
Of course, all we insist on courtesy and manners of the horse - I never allow grabbing or jostling. The anticipation of the treatment is a reward in itself. Let me give you a nice example of this with one of Lukas' poses. He holds his head immobile, completely within the vertical when I include a ... two ... seven ... forty ... three! How do I count it flickering all the time - he knows what's coming. And what do you think he does once he gets his treat? That's right, pose back to his for another game. Sometimes I think he is proud to teach me to count!
Punishment - I suppose there are times when some rare force is necessary: outright aggression or a safety issue could qualify. In general, however, I do not think is an effective punishment or helpful tool. That's not to say that I do not set limits and companies have certain parameters for acceptable behavior - I certainly do, at all times. All I know is not made in order to react and think constantly chasing after repeated mistakes with consequences deterioration.
I would much rather prevent problems than to fix them and I'm a warning to use (ie, uh-uh) to remind others when they are off track. This is a fair and clear arrangement that works well for me and my friends - human and animal. From what I've seen, do punishment results in unpredictable results, and of course animals do not reason in a backward fashion. Why just look at our own people problems into debt, not exercising, smoking - we do not find negative effects of a deterrent, but we expect our animals, they are all together.
In summary, we are for what we want, seek to ignore and again directed by what we do not want. In this way, our stay fun and useful lessons.
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